16 July 2020
16 July 2020
Full of achievements, celebrations and challenges, this academic year has been like no other. We’d like to share highlights from Primary Futures schools this year and thank our supporters and stakeholders for continuing to help inspire younger generations. Impact Since September 2019, over 1,000 schools have worked with us to reach over 250,000 children and young people. This includes helping […]
Read more16 July 2020
16 July 2020
This academic year has been full of achievements, celebrations and challenges. We’d like to share highlights of the year from Inspiring the Future schools and thank our supporters and stakeholders for continuing to help inspire younger generations. Impact Since September 2019, over 1,000 schools have worked with us to reach over 250,000 children and young […]
Read more15 July 2020
15 July 2020
Be What You See: Supporting youth to enter the world of work To coincide with World Youth Skills Day, the article below has been published by the OECD on their forum network. The annual World Youth Skills Day aims to celebrate the importance of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and equipping young people […]
Read more3 June 2020
3 June 2020
Since 2018 Health Education England (HEE) have been working with Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures to get more NHS staff connecting with school children of all ages on a regular basis, talking about the breadth of interesting roles available and answering questions about their jobs. NHS Ambassadors take part in school activities such as assemblies, speed networking, career days […]
Read more27 May 2020
27 May 2020
Over the next two weeks, Inspiring the Future will be hosting a series of short 15-minute information webinars to provide more details about the new virtual interactive sessions to interested schools and stakeholders. These webinars will include information on what the sessions involve for primary and secondary students, safeguarding procedures in place, how to sign […]
Read more14 May 2020
14 May 2020
On Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th May, two of the first virtual interactive Inspiring the Future sessions took place. In total, 44 Year 7 and 8 students from Hope Academy in St Helens took part in the Career Chats activities, where three volunteers talked about their careers before answering questions from young people attending on the online platform. When Hope Academy teacher Charlie Wignall found out about the new remote sessions from Inspiring the Future, he was keen to get […]
Read more22 April 2020
22 April 2020
Over the last few weeks schools and colleges have been focusing on ensuring the safety and well-being of all our children and young people and helping them to continue with their education and learning. They have responded with amazing speed, as have parents and carers now involved in home schooling. This is a particularly difficult, unsettling and disruptive […]
Read more27 January 2020
27 January 2020
Overview Rebecca Cashmore, Head of Careers at St Joseph’s College in Norbury delivered a mock interviews session as part of a broader employability day, in November. Please describe your event and tell us what impact you hoped to have on your students. We chose to do this event with year 11. We wanted them to […]
Read more18 January 2020
18 January 2020
A major new report reveals a disconnect between young people’s career aspirations and jobs in the UK, whether current vacancies or projected demand. This report is based on an international survey of over 8,500 people aged 14-18. There were over 7,000 responses from young people in the UK and this report focuses on their responses. Read […]
Read more10 December 2019
10 December 2019
Teachers and careers professionals across the UK are taking part in Inspiring the Future Ambassadors. The scheme has been launched to create a network of school staff with first-hand knowledge and experience of employer engagement. Ambassadors will share best practice and promote careers activities with volunteers from the world of work amongst colleagues, enjoying a […]
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